For Current And Historical Until 8:30 A.M. (Est) — 1995-07-14

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in June to a level of 152.5 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in June, the CPI-U increased 3.0 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.2 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June 1995 CPI-W level of 149.9 was 3.1 percent higher than the index in June 1994. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in June. The food index rose 0.1 percent in June, the same as in May. Energy costs advanced for the third consecutive month--up 0.5 percent in June. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced 0.2 percent for the second consecutive month, after registering an increase of either 0.3 and 0.4 percent in each of the first 4 months of 1995.